The OPEN INVITATION two day CD release concert event was a smash, and there was some great video culled from it, below.
OPEN INVITATION features Greg Manning, Bob Mintzer, Bob Baldwin, Cal Harris Jr., Rock Hendricks, Adam Rohrlick, Olaf deShield, Dameian Walsh, and more...
Please pick up a copy, digital or disc, and support an artist you know!
Open Invitation review quotes:
" ...a tour de force of arranging and production. ... You'll find yourself humming these tunes when you least expect it!" Randy Brecker
"You might expect a cat with the name Gabriel to blow trumpet. But Gabriel Mark Hasselbach also displays his mastery on flugelhorn, alto and c melody flutes, valve trombone, and electronic valve instrument. Having sharpened his skills on stages alongside everyone from Michael Bublé, Jeff Lorber and Chuck Loeb to Little Richard, George Benson and John Lee Hooker, Hasselbach has a vast tonal palette from which to draw and his trumpet, flugelhorn, and flute lines drift enticingly over and around the laid-back groove." JAZZIZ Magazine
"It's fast, classy and progressive and full of great all-star guest performers.... I guarantee months of repeat playing of Gabriel's new music on my jazz program! Keep up the good work and great music Gabriel!"
~ Bill Sharpe, host of Newfoundland's only jazz program Cool Jazz On The Coast
" ...fresh, funky rhythms .... another winning set from GMH." ~ D. Oscar Groomes, O's Place Jazz Newsletter
"With Open Invitation it becomes apparent that Gabriel needn't shy away from comparison with any other trumpeter in the world." ~ Hans-Bernd Hülsmann- Smooth Jazz Daily
" ...the musicianship is on a high level, and the smooth trumpet and flugelhorn playing of the leader holds it all together. Great stuff!" Peter Boehi Smoothvibes.com Switzerland
" .... fiery trumpet and spacious flute.... abriel blows a laidback groove..... while romance is in the air on the ballad ‘Lovelight’..... indeed a nice melodic album, that shows Gabriel’s versatility. There’s not a bad track here!"
Patrick Van de Wiele Belgium http://www.smoothjazz.eu/
Open Invitation is available here:
~ CD Baby
~ iTunes
~ Amazon
~ Amazon JAPAN!
Watch videos:
An exciting two hour show on the Blue Frog Concert Stage, edited into a crisp highlights reel. Gabriel plays trumpet, flute, flugelhorn and evi, and is backed by Tilden Webb (keys), Adam Rohrlick (guitar), Laurence Mollerup (bass), and Don Powrie (drums). Tunes are from many of his dozen or so albums, including the new release Open Invitation (which features Bob Mintzer, Bob Baldwin, Greg Manning, Cal Harris Jr., etc...
Highlights:
Full songs:
Check This Out
Mulberry Street
Let It Slide
